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Waiting List Statuses

Waiting List

Status

Minden, Louisiana Housing Choice Voucher

Closed

Public Housing

Unknown

Other Minden Housing Authority Waiting Lists

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Minden Housing Authority Phone: (318) 377-1077.

Closed:
Minden, Louisiana Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

How To Apply to the Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Minden Housing Authority (MHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Pre-applications were last available from November 6, 2019, until December 11, 2019; and accepted from December 16, 2019, until December 17, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to pick up a pre-application from the Minden Housing Authority office. Pre-applications were only available from November 6, 2019, until December 11, 2019

Once the pre-application has been completed, it must have been hand delivered on either December 16, 2019 or December 17, 2019, to the Minden Housing Authority office.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

According to the MHA, the, "Application must be completed in its entirety. Incomplete applications will be returned for corrections and will cause you to be placed in a lower position."

For more information, contact the Minden Housing Authority.

Last Updated on 01/06/2020.

Unknown:
Public Housing Waiting List

How To Apply to the Public Housing Waiting List

The status of this waiting list is unknown. If you have information regarding this waiting list contact us.

Last Updated on 11/04/2019.

About Minden Housing Authority

Representatives of Minden Housing Authority may be available by phone at (318) 377-1077. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.

Waiting List and Tenancy

According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 12% having issued approximately 9 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 2 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 16 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.1 persons and has a household income of $10,573 per year. 94% of households were very low income (VLI) and 64% were extremely low income (ELI). 32% of households had wages as a major source of income, -1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 65% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

7% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 55% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 19% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 19% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

50% of households included children, -1% of which had two adults in the household. 51% of households with children have a female head of household. 88% of all households were headed by a female.

82% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 82% of all heads of households being Black and -1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Minden Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 19% include at least one person with a disability. 27% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 45% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

23% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 45% with 2 bedrooms and 32% with 3 or more bedrooms. 29% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Minden Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $260 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $408. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $79.

1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.